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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK— FARM SEEDS 



HENDERSON'S 



SPECIAL 

 GRASS SEED| 

 MIXTURE 

 .FOR HAY 



AND 



PERMANENT 



PASTURE 



The fall season is especially favorable to the growth of young grass, for at that season the seeds have the benefit ofthoroughl 

 warmed ground and a copious rainfall, which hastens germination and enables the grass to become firmly established before winte 

 sets in. Then, on the opening of spring, the grass immediately recommences its growth and taking full possession of the ground 

 prevents weeds from obtaining a foothold 



Henderson's Special Grass Seed Mixture perm^nen^pasture 



It Produces Wonderful Hay Crops and Luxuriant Pasture Maintaining Its Cropping Qualities Twenty Years or More. 



This famous mixture has seeded thousands of acres of 

 meadow and pasture land for progressive farmers and stock 

 raisers in various parts of the United States, with most 

 gratifying results. It is a well-balanced combination of a 

 number of native and acclimated foreign Grasses and Clovers, 

 blended and improved upon during exhaustive trials under 

 widely varied conditions, soils and localities for several years, 

 until practically perfect, our aim being to produce, under the 

 extremes of the American climate of heat, drought and cold, 

 a Permanent, dense and deep-rooting turf that would yield 

 year after year the maximum quantity of forage. These 

 Grasses are of superior quality, inviting, sweet and nourish- 

 ing, whether used as hay or pasture. That we have been 

 successful is attested by the numerous letters of praise for 

 these special Grass mixtures that we have received from the 

 users, and the tributes to their merits published in many of 

 the agricultural journals. 



In preparing these mixtures the greatest care is exercised 

 in selecting such varieties as are suited to the soil to be sown, 

 and to realize the object in view. Therefore a description of 

 the soil and climate, and the purpose for which sown, and if 

 with or without a grain crop, should accompany each order. 

 Sow 40 lbs. per acre. Full directions for sowing enclosed 

 in every bag. (See engraving.) 



Price (purchaser paying carriage), 40c. per lb.: 10 lbs 

 $3.75; 100 lbs., $35.00. (State whether wanted for light 

 medium or heavy soils.) 



WE ALSO OFFER 

 Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Pastur< 

 Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Permanent Hay 

 Henderson's Renovating Mixture for Improving 

 Old Pastures 

 Henderson's Special Grass Mixture for Woodland Pasture; 

 Sow 40 lbs. per acre 

 Price (purchaser paying carriage), 40c. per lb.: 10 lbs. 

 $3.75: 100 lbs. $35.00. 



REGARDING CLOVERS. 



Do not omit to sow Clovers with the Grasses, as they ad( 

 to the yield of hay and pasture, and by their ability to collec 

 atmospheric nitrogen and store it in the root nodules, assis 

 the growth of the Grasses and are of considerable benefit t< 

 subsequent crops. 



Mixed Permanent Clovers, on account of their greate 

 weight, should be sown separately, but at the same time a 

 the Grasses. _ This Mixed Clover comprises White, Mam 

 moth Perennial or Cow Grass, Alsike, etc. Sow 10 pound 

 per acre. Price, 45c. per lb.; 10 lbs., $4.25, 100 lbs., $40.00 



Henderson's Northern Grown Alfalfa Seed. 



ALFALFA, or LUCERNE. (Medicago sativa.) A Clover-like leguminous plant of great importance as a hay and forag 

 crop, nutritious and rich in protein elements. It grows 2 to 5 feet high and sends roots 5, 10, 20, and sometimes 30 feet inti 

 the subsoil. It needs one season to become established, after which it yields enormous crops annually for many years. 3 o 

 4 cuttings per season, aggregating 4 to 6 tons cured hay per acre, are harvested, according to conditions and locality._ It doe 

 well on all good rich soils (except heavy clay), if well drained, or overlying a permeable subsoil; on calcareous soil it thrive 

 especially well. Sow in the Northern States during June, July or August, 30 to 40 lbs. of seed per acre if broadcasted, or 2 

 to 30 lbs. if drilled. In the South sow in February or September. Price, 40c. lb.; $21.75 bushel of 60 lbs.; $35.00, 100 lbs 



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